welcome back to verified live. good timing because just in the last last few moments, word from moscow moscow that that meeting between between vladimir putin and steve steve witkoff has started. this the the pictures from moscow of the convoy. convoy. and we'd seen vladimir putin putin at an investment conference conference a little earlier. those those really robust, hostile comments comments aimed at the europeans and and certainly since returning there there to the kremlin, word that that that meeting with jared kushner, kushner, with steve witkoff, that that has started. so these the pictures pictures from a little earlier from from moscow. but this the crucial

crucial meeting of the week. this this is what two weeks of various various negotiations have been all all about. let me try and take you you to the latest pictures that we we are seeing. and there it is. this this is what is being reported that that i was telling you about the the start of that meeting with vladimir vladimir putin on the right-hand right-hand side and the americans americans on the left. you can see see steve witkoff in the middle and and jared kushner there furthest furthest away. so that meeting has has started, as i was saying, a huge huge build up over the last two weeks. weeks. it started you remember about about two weeks ago with the us endorsed endorsed 28 point plan. and when when that was revealed, the detail detail there was extraordinary amount amount of hostility and jaws dropping dropping in european capitals because because so many commentators viewed viewed that 28 point plan as just just a series of wish lists from from moscow and moscow, talking points. points. and since then the europeans

europeans president zelensky has has been working extraordinarily extraordinarily hard to change what what actually goes into this draft draft peace plan that is going to to be put to vladimir putin to get get some of those basic ukrainian ukrainian positions, european positions positions into this document. those those are the pictures that those those are coming into us. as i am am talking to you now, and it'll it'll be interesting. what we don't don't know is how much of the european european part of the equation has has been absorbed into that initial initial 28 point plan? of course, course, there were negotiations in in geneva with the americans and and the ukrainians. they were negotiations negotiations of florida with the the americans and the ukrainians. ukrainians. but how much of that that gets lifted and taken and put put to vladimir putin that we don't don't know. and certainly in terms terms of those comments that came came from vladimir putin when he

he was at that investment conference, conference, i'll go through them them because they were extraordinarily extraordinarily hostile. he said said that europeans are seeking demands demands that are not acceptable to to russia. he also said the europeans europeans do not have a peaceful peaceful agenda. they're on the side side of war. it is fully in russia's russia's army control. and that was was a question and an answer regarding regarding pokrovsk that are important important ukrainian town that the the russians have been claiming they they have taken today. the ukrainians ukrainians have denied that. but but that, of course, is what's on on the ground. these are the pictures pictures from one of the last meetings, meetings, steve witkoff and vladimir vladimir putin and of course steve steve witkoff criticised for tapping tapping his heart at the start of of that meeting. and of course he he has made so many trips to moscow. moscow. i think it's six in total, total, not actually heading to kyiv, kyiv, to ukraine. and that has been been noted. but going back to what what vladimir putin has been saying. saying. he's saying the europeans

europeans have detached themselves themselves from talks. he says the the europeans are hindering the us us administration and trump to reach reach peace through talks. and europe europe wants to if europe wants to to fight a war, we are ready. now now let me put the sound up because because i think there is some natural natural sound on these pictures. magnificent. thank pictures. magnificent. thank you. you. for those pictures freezing. freezing. but you get the sense that that that meeting is just starting. starting. let me tell you. ukraine's ukraine's foreign minister has said said in the last five minutes that that putin's statements demonstrate demonstrate that he does not plan plan to end the war. so all of those those statements i was just reading reading out to you, ukraine's foreign foreign minister, saying they prove prove he does not plan to end the the war. let me show you the pictures pictures live from the white house, house, because that is also happening happening as we're talking to you you now, this is donald trump's cabinet. cabinet. these are pictures coming coming in. let's put the sound up.

up. as the most consequential and and successful first year of any any administration. they're saying saying that not me or i say to actually actually but a lot of people are are saying that. and a lot of that that is thanks to the men and women women in the cabinet with the new new and improved cabinet room, i i might add the pictures down from from the vaults. the vaults downstairs downstairs and lots of pictures that that haven't been exposed to the the world for in many cases over over 100 years. we brought them up up and we're using them as they should should be used. but the cabinet room room looks beautiful like it should should now the oval office looks looks beautiful, like it should. should. it was not. it was like the the rest of the country. it was in in disrepair. one year ago our country country was dead and said to me by by many leaders we had a dead country. country. now we have the hottest hottest country anywhere in the world. world. it's true. the hottest country country anywhere in the world. think think of that. in four long years years of the biden administration, administration, there were just $1

$1 trillion of new investments in in the united states in ten months. months. we've secured commitments commitments of over $18 trillion. trillion. so they had in one year year less than they had less than than $1 trillion. that's in a period period of four years. think of it it four years. they had less than than a trillion. in ten months we we have more than 18 trillion. is is that right, scott? it's even going going to be higher than that. it'll it'll be higher and going up and and we're waiting for the supreme supreme court case. and it's so important important and so vital for this country country because we're not only respected respected again, we're putting out out wars by our trade policies and and we're taking in hundreds of billions billions of dollars and our country country is wealthy again and secure secure again. and it's part of national national security. and i hope that that goes well. i think it's very very important. but we think of the the number we're going to be over over $18 trillion in ten months. months. and which is a record times

times probably 8 or 10 times i think think more than that for any country. country. there's never been a country country that's had that kind of an an investment ever in history, and and there's never been a country country that's had half of that. that. it's a tremendous thing that's that's taken. well, if you're just just joining us, i'll return to donald donald trump in a moment or two. two. but i just want to explain what what is actually happening. donald donald trump holding a cabinet. and and we've seen these cabinets before before he starts. and as we've heard heard so many times, he's recapping recapping what he says is a tremendous tremendous success of the last year year and going through all of that. that. and then he invites one by by one the different cabinet ministers ministers to speak. we do hope in in the next little while. also, the the president will address what is is happening in moscow because we we were showing the pictures of that that meeting between vladimir putin, putin, steve witkoff and jared kushner kushner getting under way. that crucial crucial meeting about efforts to to bring an end to the war in ukraine. ukraine. so i think for the next next few moments or two, let's return

return to donald trump and hopefully hopefully he might turn to those those events in moscow. they just just say the word. it doesn't mean mean anything to anybody. just say say it. affordability. i inherited inherited the worst inflation in in history. there was no affordability. affordability. nobody could afford afford anything. the prices were were massively high. do you remember remember we took over eggs. you did did a great job on that, madam secretary. secretary. agriculture tom brook brook eggs were 4 or 5 times higher higher than they had ever been. we we they said, don't order eggs for for easter at the white house. and and we ended up doing it and we got got the egg prices way down lower lower than what they were before. before. but the word affordability affordability is a con job by the the democrats. they say affordable. affordable. i watched the other day day where some very low iq congresswoman congresswoman talked about affordability, affordability, affordability, affordability. affordability. she had no idea their their prices were much higher. as as an example, energy gasoline. donald donald trump talking about affordability. affordability. and of course he always

always claims that prices are coming coming down as of course they are are going up. so he as ever, when when the cameras are there ranging ranging across so many different different issues, but eventually eventually i suspect he will get get to what is happening in moscow. moscow. marco rubio is around the the table, his secretary of state, state, so he may address that. pete pete hegseth, the secretary of defence. defence. that will be very interesting interesting given everything that that is happening around venezuela venezuela and the boat strikes. so so lots to actually keep an eye out out for. but i want to return to to those pictures coming out of moscow moscow because that is the really really important story of today. today. these are the pictures coming coming in, in the last few minutes, minutes, because that meeting is is now under way. we saw steve witkoff witkoff there he is sitting opposite opposite the russian president. but but what, if any, concessions will will vladimir putin offer up? we we have seen all the pressure on

on ukraine's president over the last last two weeks. and again he has has been underlining in various european european capitals and said it again again today in dublin that the issues issues around territory remain outstanding. outstanding. and of course, so much much pressure from russia that he he is required to give up territory territory they haven't even lost lost on the battlefield and that that is one of the crucial areas areas that, of course, president president zelensky wants movement movement on. there's the whole issues issues of security guarantees. there's there's the issue of using frozen frozen assets to reconstruct ukraine. ukraine. but of course, what is it it that is being put in front of of vladimir putin and what is his his response likely to be? that is is what will be pored over in the the coming hours. so those the pictures pictures we're about to take a short short break. when we're back, we we will get the latest from moscow moscow on this. we'll get the latest latest from kyiv, we'll get the latest latest from washington. so analysis analysis from all our teams on this.

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